The unprecedented decline in poverty must be celebrated

It is curious that while the voter has come to appreciate the value of growth and routinely hands election victories to the Patnaiks, the Modis and the Nitishes, our national leadership on either side remains stuck in the belief that growth only helps the rich. The phenomenon has manifested itself most recently in its denunciation of the sharpest decline in poverty in the nation's history. Rather than seize the opportunity and claim credit...

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